Postdated versus usual delayed antibiotic prescriptions in primary care: Reduction in antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1032-1036

  Worrall, Graham John ^a   Kettle, Angela ^b   Graham, Wendy ^a   Hutchinson, Jim ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Charles Legrow Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049436779     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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